南昌二中2014—2015学年度下学年第二次考试

高二英语试卷

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（共105分）

第一部分：听力（共20小题；满分30分)

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5 分，满分7.5分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the man doing now?

A. Watching TV. B. Playing a game. C. Preparing for an exam.

2. Why hasn’t Adam come yet?

A. He was absorbed in his work.

B. He quarreled with the woman.

C. He wasn’t informed of the meeting time.

3. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At the man’s house. B. At a bank. C. At a university.

4. How many students are there in the speakers’ class?

A.18 B. 21 C. 20

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A workmate. B.A classmate. C. A neighbour.

第二节(共15小题；每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)

听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟；听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What is beside the computer center?

A. The sports center. B. The classroom building. C. The library.

7. Where will the speakers go next?

A. To the library. B. To the sports center. C. To the computer center.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why doesn’t the man want to watch the World Cup Final?

A. He isn’t good at football. B. He won’t have time. C. His TV doesn’t work.

9. What does the woman like?

A. Football. B. Golf . C. Horse riding.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man unwilling to go to Florida?

A. It’s too boring. B. It’s too expensive. C. It’s too crowded.

11. What did the speakers do last year?

A. They traveled around Sky Balley Resort.

B. They attended a New Year’s Eve party.

C. They went skiing.

12. How does the woman feel in the end?

A. Annoyed. B. Pleased. C. Excited.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Neighbours. B. Workmates. C. Strangers.

14. What is the purpose of the woman’s visit to the man?

A. To borrow his telephone.

B. To get information about a theft.

C. To ask him to call the police.

15. What happened last night?

A. The woman’s house was broken into.

B. The window of the woman’s house was smashed.

C. The woman’s car was broken into.

16. What did the woman do last night?

A. She worked late. B. She bought a CD player. C. She went to a party.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. Doxey’s theory.

B. The development of tourism.

C. The influence of social factors on tourism.

18. Why do people in the host area welcome the tourists in the first stage?

A. They benefit from them.

B. They are curious.

C. They learn from them.

19. What influences relationships between tourists and host people in the second stage?

A. Commercial factors.

B. Political factors.

C. Social factors.

20. What does the government do in the fourth stage?

A. They protect the host area.

B. They set more restrictions.

C. They provide public services.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

As an American artist and writer of children’s books, Tasha Tudor’s art and nineteenth-century

lifestyle have fascinated adults and children for decades. She received many awards and honors for her contributions to children’s literature. When people talk about her creativity in artwork, she said, “I do it to support my dogs and my four children.” Her great publishing record, the number of magazine stories that have been written about her over the years, and her admirers have no effects on her at all.

Much of Tasha’s artwork and her reading are done in the wintertime. “I love winter. It’s delightful,” she says. “I don’t have to go anywhere because I work at home. If I’m snowed in, I can stay this way for months.” She hopes for early, deep snow to protect her garden from the hardship of the New England winter, and when it comes she puts on snowshoes when she needs to get down the mile-long dirt path that leads to the road.

Given her enjoyment of winter and her fantasy(梦幻)way of life, it’s not surprising that Tasha’s Christmas is a storybook holiday. She hangs flowers over the front door. Her tree comes from the woods, and it goes up on Christmas Eve, lit by homemade candles and decorated with her great- grandmother’s collection that dates from 1850. In a place of honor on the tree are large cookies cut into the shapes of her animals.

The grandchildren and friends get presents from Tasha’s old dolls; so do the animals and they have their own Christmas tree. “Of course, it’s a known fact that all the animals talk on Christmas Eve,” she has written. Small, handmade gifts fill a big wooden box.

At the end of each year, Tasha can look back and know that her life is perfect, that she has again ignored the twentieth century, and that the magic continues. And for the rest of us，here’s a bit of advice, Tasha style: “Nowadays, people are so restless. If they took some tea and spent more time rocking on the porch(门廊) in the evening listening to light music, they might enjoy life more.”

21. Tasha loved winter because it allowed her to ________.

A. read stories to her grandchildren B. show her DIY snowshoes to kids

C. stay indoors working during reading D. enjoy bicycle tiding along the path

22. From the passage, we can learn that Tasha’s life is ________.

A. modern and fashionable B. simple and fantastic

C. lonely and hard D. adventurous and inspiring

23. Which of the following is TRUE about Tasha?

A. She cared little about fame. B. She created an animal fund.

C. She wrote many stories for magazines. D. She bought presents for her relatives.

24. In which section of a paper can you probably read the article?

A. Travel. B. Sports. C. Economy. D. People.

B

In today’s world of cellphones，mini laptops and MP3 players, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these devices are so common，is time running out for the 500-year-old watch？According to some consumers，yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function”．Many young adults agree—and use their cellphones to tell time. Louis Galie, a senior vice president at Timex，said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago. As a result, some people claim that the watch industry is at a crossroads.

However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches regain popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30s.By then，they are willing to spend money on a quality timepiece that doesn’t just keep good time. Fifty years ago，watchmakers boasted about their products’ accuracy. But in recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessory business. And for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.

“Complications”—features that go beyond simple timekeeping—are an important part of a watch’s image. Today’s watches offer a lot of features that suit almost any personality. These features include altitude trackers, compasses，lunar calendars, USB drives, and even devices that measure the effectiveness of golf swings!

Creativity is also a key element in today’s watches. For example，Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell time. It looks more like a futuristic(未来主义的)bracelet than a watch. Another Japanese watchmaker, EleeNo, makes a “handless” watch. Using a ring of circles to keep time, this watch makes an excellent conversation piece.

Whether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative talent or a love of sports, consumers want their timepieces to stand out. Nowadays，everyone has the same kind of gadget (小玩意儿)in their bags，so people want to make a statement with what’s on their wrists. Will this interesting wrist fashion last？Only time will tell!

25．Why aren’t watches popular with young people as before?

A．Because watches cannot keep good time as cellphones, mini laptops and MP3 players.

B．Because watches are featured by the disadvantages of simple function.

C．Because watches are too expensive to afford.

D．Because watches don’t have beautiful appearance as other modern time-telling tools.

26．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．Watch-making is facing a survival crisis challenge.

B．Watch-making is faced with the developing opportunity.

C．Watch-making becomes the sunrise industry.

D．Watch-making has a specific development target.

27．It can be implied that ________.

A．people will gradually lose interest in watches as they grow older

B．watchmakers scarcely change the development strategy for watches

C．today’s watches are better than those in the past in quality

D．customers used to be more concerned with the quality of a watch than with its image

28．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Watches and Teenagers B．The History of Watches

C．The Accuracy of Watches D．Watches Tell More than Time

C

List?of?winners?of?71st?Golden?Globe?Awards

FLIM

Best Drama: "12 Years a Slave"

Best Comedy : "American Hustle"

Best Actor, Drama: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"

Best Actor, Comedy : Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"

Best Actress, Comedy : Amy Adams, "American Hustle"

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"

Best Foreign Language Film: "The Great Beauty," Italy

Best Original Song: "Ordinary Love," "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"

TELEVISION

Best Drama Series: "Breaking Bad," AMC

Best Comedy Series: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," FOX

Best Actor, Drama: Bryan Cranston, "Breaking Bad"

Best Actress, Drama: Robin Wright, "House of Cards"

Best Actor, Comedy: Andy Samberg, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"

Best Actress, Comedy: Amy Poehler, "Parks and Recreation"

Best TV Film : "Behind the Candelabra," HBO

Best Actor,Television Movie: Michael Douglas, "Behind the Candelabra"

Best Actress, Television Movie: Elisabeth Moss, "Top of the Lake"

Best Supporting Actor, Television Movie: Jon Voight, "Ray Donovan"

Best Supporting Actress, Television Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, "Dancing on the Edge"